This prize-winning book offers the only comprehensive discussion available on materials, techniques, and condition issues in Western easel paintings from mediev
Focussing on different periods and works, the articles in this book illuminate the role that the study of painting techniques and materials can have within art
"How did modern Chinese painters see landscape? Did they depict nature in the same way as premodern Chinese painters? What does the artistic perception of moder
A tree stands on a hill by a river. As the sky changes, so does the tree, its branches filling with clouds, stars, snow, birds, mists, and the golden spring sun